Carroll O'Connor

Sherman Hemsley, who was rooted in the minds of millions of television viewers as Archie Bunker's bombastic black neighbor, George Jefferson, in"All in the Family" and later as the star of his own long-running sitcom, "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 74.

The actor, who had a home in El Paso, was found dead Tuesday by the El Paso Sheriff's Department, his agent, Todd Frank, told The Times. No cause of death was given.

Hemsley vaulted from relative obscurity as a New York stage actor to prime-time celebrity in 1973 when producer Norman Lear cast him in "All in the Family," the controversial comedy that starred Carroll O'Connor as the bigoted...

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Sherman Hemsley, who was rooted in the minds of millions of television viewers as Archie Bunker's bombastic black neighbor, George Jefferson, in"All in the Family" and later as the star of his own long-running sitcom, "The Jeffersons,"...